NOT FOR SALE: The $20 Million Political Buyout We Are Breaking
The Official TRACER Data on How the Establishment is Financing the 2026 Colorado Gubernatorial Race
When you look at the Colorado Capitol, you are looking at an investment portfolio, not a gathering place where people's problems find solutions. The June 30 primaries are over, and the field has narrowed: official campaign finance reports filed with the Colorado Secretary of State's TRACER system show the November ballot will feature Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser, Republican ministry leader Victor Marx, and Christian Komor running Independent. Between just these two major-party nominees and the Super PACs backing them, more than $11 million has already changed hands — and the general election hasn't even started.
This is why Christian Komor for Governor has and will always remain Independent, transparent, and accountable. We won't poll you to fool your vote. We will poll you after taking office to find out what you need and make it happen.
We believe voters deserve the raw, unfiltered data. Here are the verified facts of how the two remaining nominees are funding their operations — and a reminder of what happened to the candidate who outspent everyone and still lost.
The Cautionary Tale: Money Didn't Even Buy the Primary
U.S. Senator Michael Bennet entered the Democratic primary as the presumed institutional favorite. His campaign committee raised roughly $4.8 million directly, and his outside Super PAC, "Rocky Mountain Way," pulled in more than $11.4 million — over $5.1 million of that from a single check written by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (Biloxi Sun Herald / AP, June 30, 2026; HPPR, July 1, 2026). Combined, Bennet and his billionaire-fueled PAC spent nearly $16 million — and he still lost the primary by 10 points (Colorado Sun). Money didn't buy that race. It doesn't have to buy this one either.
The Democratic Nominee: Phil Weiser
Attorney General Phil Weiser defeated Bennet in the June 30 primary and now heads to November as the Democratic nominee (Colorado Politics; Wikipedia certified results, 56.9%-43.1%). His campaign committee, "Phil Weiser for Colorado," raised more than $6.5 million in direct contributions heading into the primary — outraising Bennet's direct account despite Bennet's Senate-level name recognition (Sun Herald / AP, June 30, 2026). Weiser's own outside independent expenditure committee, "Fighting for Colorado," reported raising $1.3 million from corporate, real estate, and private equity donors (Sun Herald / AP, June 30, 2026) — proof that even the candidate running against "billionaire backing" maintains his own outside-money apparatus.
The Republican Nominee: Victor Marx
Ministry leader and first-time candidate Victor Marx narrowly won the GOP nomination, defeating state Senator Barbara Kirkmeyer by just 2,516 votes, with state Representative Scott Bottoms finishing a distant third (CPR, July 9, 2026). Marx's campaign committee raised $2.84 million and had spent $2.64 million of it by mid-June, leaving roughly $200,000 on hand heading into the primary's final stretch — most of it burned on media buys and administrative costs rather than voter engagement (Complete Colorado, June 19, 2026; local TV investigation, June 17, 2026). His Super PAC, "Freedom IEC," has spent more than $380,000 supporting his candidacy, with the bulk of its funding coming from a single $400,000 contribution by Sema Construction, a Centennial-based civil construction firm — on top of a $62,400 in-kind contribution of political consulting and research from veteran GOP strategist Sean Tonner (Pagosa Daily Post, June 11, 2026; Colorado Politics, May 7, 2026).Marx's fundraising also carries an open credibility question: reporting indicates he accepted 152 donations that exceeded Colorado's legal individual contribution limits — some four times the legal maximum — and he faces unresolved campaign finance complaints alleging hundreds of fake donations designed to obscure where his money actually comes from. Until those complaints are resolved, there's no verified accounting of how much money Marx has really raised (Complete Colorado, June 19, 2026).
The Komor Alternative: Systemic Independence
This campaign completely rejects the flat, linear illusion that you must buy a governorship through billionaire favors, corporate dark money, or contribution-limit workarounds. Whether it's a New York billionaire cutting a $5.1 million check or a single construction firm bankrolling a candidate's outside PAC, the moment a nominee takes checks that size, they are no longer working for the families of the Western Plains or the Front Range.Our platform doesn't rely on corporate handouts because our infrastructure solutions are built to be self-sustaining. By launching market-facing Government-Owned Enterprises (GOEs) that convert industrial AI thermal waste into carbon-commodities, we are engineering a future that bypasses the corporate donor class entirely.We are building a biosecurity firewall, protecting our water tables, and stabilizing our energy grid under Article X, Section 20 of the State Constitution — delivering complete economic sovereignty to Colorado families at a net cost to taxpayers of exactly $0.00.We answer to the data. We answer to the architecture. And most importantly, we answer only to you.Join the Un-Bought Movement, save a Pika, and keep Colorado for Coloradans.